http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/nofly/ en-us Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:15:32 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1927537/posts Iraqi Firings: Since 2000, Iraqi forces have fired on U.S. and British pilots 1,600 times. In 2002, Iraqi forces fired on U.S. and British pilots 406 times. Since September 18, just hours after Saddam promised to "allow the return of the United Nations inspectors without conditions" and expressed his desire "to remove any doubts that Iraq still possesses weapons of mass destruction," Iraqi forces have fired on U.S. and British pilots 67 times. Defend America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1927537/posts#comment Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:15:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1866827/posts "They almost got me scheduled in and then the lady just bowed her head and said, 'We cant get you on this plane, you're a terrorist,'" 8 year old Bryan said. Bryan's name popped up on a national terrorist watch list, red flagging the soon-to-be third grader as a threat to homeland security. "It meant I couldn't get home, so I had to go the next day and I just really wanted to get home," Bryan said. FOX 4 News Kansas City http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1866827/posts#comment Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:57:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1614076/posts WASHINGTON, April 12, 2006 – Many U.S. pilots who patrolled the skies of Iraq after the 1991 Persian Gulf War would later put that experience to use during Operation Iraqi Freedom, an F-16 pilot who flew combat missions over Iraq early in the war said here yesterday. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and the then-vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, brief reporters at the Pentagon on Sept. 30, 2002, about the continuing attempts by Iraq to shoot down coalition aircraft patrolling the no-fly zones in the north and south of the... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1614076/posts#comment Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:51:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1544502/posts Has anyone ever seen CAIR telling the American Muslims to document instances of extremism and exhortation to mass murder happening in their own communities? Is it just me or CAIR's efforts in defending 'Civil Rights' seem to work only one way?WASHINGTON - Muslim-Americans trying to re-enter the United States after international travel should record instances in which they're singled out as security risks, a civil rights group said Tuesday. The Council on American-Islamic Relations asked traveling Muslims to record any examples of excessive security checks or fingerprinting when returning from a religious conference in Canada this weekend or from the... CAGE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1544502/posts#comment Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:13:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1463883/posts WASHINGTON - Infants have been stopped from boarding planes at airports throughout the U.S. because their names are the same as or similar to those of possible terrorists on the government's "no-fly list." It sounds like a joke, but it's not funny to parents who miss flights while scrambling to have babies' passports and other documents faxed. Ingrid Sanden's 1-year-old daughter was stopped in Phoenix before boarding a flight home to Washington at Thanksgiving. "I completely understand the war on terrorism, and I completely understand people wanting to be safe when they fly," Sanden said. "But focusing the target a... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1463883/posts#comment Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:36:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1457928/posts HALIFAX -- Canada will create its own version of a no-fly list as part of a security program critics say is coming far too late and will do little to shield it from terrorist attacks like those last month in London. Federal Transport Minister Jean Lapierre said Friday that officials will begin devising criteria that would identify people who pose "an immediate threat to aviation security," and will work with airlines to stop those people from flying. Lapierre insisted the new program, called Passenger Protect, will not violate the Charter of Rights or the Constitution. But he wouldn't spell out... canada.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1457928/posts#comment Sat, 6 Aug 2005 00:56:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1450970/posts WASHINGTON - They have served in our wars, they enforce and adjudicate our laws, they hold top secret security clearances and their entrepreneurial spirit helps energize the economy. Leading lives of ordinary distinction they have little in common, save this: when they fly they are pulled into a demeaning orbit of “suspect until proven innocent” because their names are on a government terrorist watch list. Every day thousands of airline passengers are wrongly identified as being on the Transportation Security Administration list of known or potential threats to commercial aviation. Actually, there are two lists. One is the hardcore "No... MSNBC.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1450970/posts#comment Tue, 26 Jul 2005 19:16:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1271248/posts SEATTLE -- A Justice Department lawyer on Thursday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges the government's handling of its "no-fly" list violates air travelers' rights. The American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit says the government has put in place insufficient safeguards to ensure that people with names similar to those on the list aren't treated with suspicion because of mistaken identity. The seven plaintiffs say they have been repeatedly stopped at airports and questioned for as long as an hour before being allowed to board flights. Joseph W. LoBue, representing the government, told U.S. District Judge Thomas... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1271248/posts#comment Fri, 5 Nov 2004 05:15:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/659697/posts April 4, 2002, 3:21 PM EST WASHINGTON -- Pilots have flown through the prohibited airspace protecting the White House at least 94 times over the past decade, illustrating the challenges of thwarting a terrorist airstrike on the nation's capital. Even with military jets patrolling the skies, four commercial airliners and a medical helicopter have crossed into Washington's no-fly zone since the Sept. 11 suicide hijackings, Federal Aviation Administration officials say. The latest was on Monday. In most cases, pilots who violated the airspace protecting the White House, vice presidential mansion and Capitol have gotten penalties less severe than a parking... Newsday http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/659697/posts#comment Thu, 4 Apr 2002 20:21:08 GMT